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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Retailers’ Prices

11. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any wheat to which this order applies shall be the sum of the following amounts:

(a) The cost of the wheat to the retailer at the point at which he takes delivery but not more in any case than the cost that would have been incurred had the retailer purchased the wheat in lots of ½ ton or more.

(b) The amount of any transport charges incurred by the retailer in obtaining delivery of the wheat into his store, being not more in any case than the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at common carrier rates.

(c) Any amount calculated at the rate per bushel as follows:

(i) For wheat sold in sack lots: 1s. 3d. per bushel.

(ii) For wheat sold in lots of ½ bushel or more but less than one sack: 2s. per bushel.

(iii) For wheat sold in lots of less than ½ bushel: 2s. 9d. per bushel.

(2) Where the cost of the wheat to the retailer does not include the cost of the sacks the price computed in accordance with subclause (1) hereof may be increased at the rate of 8d. per bushel.

12. Where the prices fixed by this order do not include the price of the sacks, an additional charge may be made for the sacks not exceeding:

s. d.
For 46-in. by 23-in. sacks .. .. .. .. 2 8
For 41-in. by 23-in. sacks .. .. .. .. 2 8
For 29-in. by 18-in. (sugar bags) .. .. .. 0 9

13. Subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any distributor or retailer, may authorise special prices in respect of any wheat to which this order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the distributor or retailer. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of wheat or may relate generally to all wheat to which this order applies sold while the approval remains in force.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of December 1965.

A. G. BEADLE, Director of Trade Practices and Prices Division.

*Gazette, 27 May 1965, Vol. II, p. 874
†S.R. 1944/94, p. 255

(I. and C.)

Price Order No. 1994 (Wheat Grown in the North Island of New Zealand)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, Alfred Gaynor Beadle, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of Industries and Commerce, acting under a delegation from the Price Tribunal, hereby make the following price order:

PRELIMINARY

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 1994, and shall come into force on the 17th day of January 1966.

2. (1) Price Order No. 1980* is hereby revoked.

(2) The revocation of the said order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this order.

3. In this order:

“Broker”, in relation to wheat, means a person who sells wheat on behalf of the Wheat Committee established pursuant to the Board of Trade (Wheat and Flour) Regulations 1944†.

“Distributor”, in relation to wheat, means any person who purchases wheat from a broker for the purpose of resale.

“Retailer”, in relation to wheat, means any reseller other than a broker or a distributor.

“Grower’s station”, in relation to any grower, means the railway station that is nearest or most convenient of access to the grower’s premises.

The expression “f.o.r.” means “free on rail the grower’s station”.

4. The provisions of this order shall apply notwithstanding that any wheat to which this order is applicable is sold otherwise than by weight.

5. The several prices fixed by this order apply with respect to sales by auction as well as to other sales.

6. Where any wheat to which this order applies is sold on the basis of sacks extra the maximum prices that may be charged or received for the wheat shall be computed on the weight of the wheat without the sacks.

7. Where any wheat to which this order applies is sold on the basis of sacks included the maximum prices that may be charged or received for the wheat shall be computed on the total weight of the wheat and the sacks.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

8. (1) Except as provided in the next succeeding subclause this order applies with respect to all wheat grown in the North Island of New Zealand.

(2) Nothing in this order shall apply with respect to wheat that is sold as certified seed wheat or to wheat that is sold for milling purposes.

FIXING MAXIMUM PRICES OF WHEAT TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Growers’ Prices

9. (1) The maximum price that may be charged or received by any grower for any wheat to which this order applies shall be 16s. 6d. per bushel.

(2) The said maximum price is fixed as for delivery f.o.r. by the grower and on the basis of “sacks extra”.

(3) Where delivery is otherwise than f.o.r. the said maximum price shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of such f.o.r. costs that were not incurred.

Brokers’ Prices

10. The maximum price that may be charged or received by any broker for any wheat to which this order applies shall be the sum of the following amounts:

(a) The amount paid to the grower for the wheat:

(b) Any transport costs incurred by the broker in obtaining or effecting delivery of the wheat:

(c) An amount calculated at the rate of 3½d. per bushel.

Distributors’ Prices

11. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any distributor for any wheat to which this order applies shall be the sum of the following amounts:

(a) The cost of the wheat to the distributor at the point at which he takes delivery.

(b) The amount of any transport charges actually and reasonably incurred between the point at which delivery is taken by the distributor and his premises, being not more in any case than the charges that would have been incurred had delivery been effected at common carrier rates.

(c) The amount of any through store charges actually incurred but not exceeding in any case 8d. per bushel.

(d) An amount calculated at the rate per bushel as follows:

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